In an important development for the health of elderly people, University of Liverpool researchers have developed a new method to target bone growth.
As people age their bones lose density and, especially in women after the menopause, become more brittle. The new method developed by researchers from the University’s Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease offers the possibility of more effective treatment than currently available.
Professor Jonathan Jarvis of Liverpool John Moores University designed miniature muscle pacemakers that were used in the University of Liverpool labs to produce contractions in the muscles of the legs of rats over 28 days.
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